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Fox News is reporting this breaking news right now. A man, a Qatari , is in custody for allegedly attempting to light something on an United Airlines flight from DC to Denver. Apparently this guy works in the Qatari embassy.

Fox News is reporting this breaking news right now. A man, a Qatari , is in custody for allegedly attempting to light something on an United Airlines flight from DC to Denver. Apparently this guy works in an embassy.

Swell.

"The efforts of the government alone will never be enough. In the end the people must choose and the people must help themselves" ~ JFK; from his famous inauguration speech (What Democrats sounded like before today's neo-Liberals hijacked that party)

Apparently he was trying to light his shoes on fire. Are people going to wake up now? More than likely not.

Well, at least he won't get accused of being smart. Unreal.

"The efforts of the government alone will never be enough. In the end the people must choose and the people must help themselves" ~ JFK; from his famous inauguration speech (What Democrats sounded like before today's neo-Liberals hijacked that party)

Air marshals took him down. Of course this is going to be explained away as an isolated incident and won't lead to profiling of Arab looking passengers. I don't give a rats all who get offended but it's time to start profiling.

Air marshals took him down. Of course this is going to be explained away as an isolated incident and won't lead to profiling of Arab looking passengers. I don't give a rats all who get offended but it's time to start profiling.

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Published: January 3, 2010

WASHINGTON — Citizens of 14 nations, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria, who are flying to the United States will be subjected indefinitely to the intense screening at airports worldwide that was imposed after the Christmas Day bombing plot, Obama administration officials announced Sunday.